TNAG-2352-FCO40-3422-Visits-by-Lord-Caithness--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-and--1991 — Page 23

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

YRTELNO 1142 TO PEKING: VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS

1. TUR DOES NOT SAY WHEN LORD CAITHNESS WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG.

ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT HE ARRIVES SOMETIME ON SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, HE WOULD THEN HAVE 1 1/2 DAYS IN HONG KONG.

2. APART FROM MEETING EXCO AS USUAL, I THINK THE MINISTER SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NEW MEMBERS OF LEGCO. THIS COULD PERHAPS MOST CONVENIENTLY BE DONE AT AN OMELCO LUNCH, WITH TIME BEING ALLOWED FOR A SHORT RECEPTION BEFOREHAND. HE MIGHT ALSO WISH TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHO NOW HAVE A SPLENDID NEW CHAMBER IN SHATIN. THIS COULD INCLUDE A BRIEFING ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT POLLUTION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. LORD CAITHNESS HAS ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN VISITING GREEN ISLAND. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HIM A DINNER, PERHAPS FOR A CHANGE, AN

INFORMAL ONE IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT.

3. ON THIS BASIS, AN OUTLINE PROGRAMME COULD LOOK AS FOLLOWS:

MONDAY

- MEETING WITH ME

- VISIT TO NEW POLICE HQ, INCLUDING BRIEF MEETING WITH SELECTED SENIOR OFFICERS.

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LUNCH WITH OMELCO, PRECEDED BY SHORT RECEPTION DURING WHICH LORD CAITHNESS CAN MEET NEW MEMBERS OF LEGCO.

- VISIT TO GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE. ON LAUNCH TO

STONECUTTERS ISLAND FOR BRIEFING ON PROPOSALS FOR NEW NAVAL HQ.

- JOURNEY BY CAR THROUGH ROUTE 5 TUNNEL FROM TSUEN WAN TO SHATIN.

- MEETING WITH REGIONAL COUNCIL, INCLUDING BRIEFING ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL.

-INFORMAL DINNER AT CHINESE RESTAURANT.

TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER

MEETING WITH EXCO

4. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHEN LORD CAITHNESS IS LIKELY TO DEPART HONG

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